Purchase Native Earns Gold Medal at Maccabiah Games

From Wesleyan University: Wesleyan University women's basketball player Tara Berger of Purchase won a gold medal recently at the 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel.

The games were hosted at Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium and featured roughly 10,000 Jewish and Israeli athletes from over 80 countries. Forty-three sports competed at the "Jewish Olympics."

Berger, a member of the USA women's basketball team, competed in all five games of the tournament and averaged 5.0 points per game as USA went 4-1. The team opened with a 101-71 victory over Russia, as the 6-1 forward dropped 11 points, but fell to Israel in its next game, 68-62. However, they responded nicely with a 72-36 rout against Australia as Berger scored 10 points. USA also went on to defeat Russia in the semifinal, 77-63, and avenged its loss to Israel with a 71-61 victory in the championship game.

Berger previously attended Rye Country Day School.

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